After long-term renovation, maintenance and construction, the Shaanxi Tongchuan Museum has been looked forward to by many citizens. They can visit this museum as early as possible to increase and enrich citizens’ daily spiritual and cultural knowledge. Let’s introduce it in detail below.
Tongchuan Museum opening hours
Tongchuan Museum officially opened on May 18, 2008.
Recently, the Shaanxi Tongchuan Museum project resumed work in late February. The main body has been capped and the walls are currently being renovated. It is planned to officially open on May 18 this year.
Tongchuan Museum covers an area of ??90 acres, with a construction area of ??31,000 square meters. It is located on the west side of the New District Campus of Tongchuan No. 1 Middle School, west of Changqing South Road, and adjacent to Chaoyang Road in the north. Improving the overall tourism service function is one of the key projects of Tongchuan City.
Tongchuan Museum is divided into four parts: the main exhibition hall, the folk art museum, the cultural relics protection and restoration center, and the cultural expo garden. It is a comprehensive museum that comprehensively reflects the history of Tongchuan.
It is understood that the Tongchuan Museum is not only fully functional, but also has unique architectural design. This museum has a novel design and modern style. The surface of the building is decorated with 110,000 metal plates and covers an area of ??3,800 square meters. When the breeze blows, the wind-driven curtain wall moves slightly like water waves, creating a perfect visual effect.
Conceptual map of Tongchuan Museum (source: Xi'an Architectural Design and Research Institute)
What is the Tongchuan Museum under construction?
The endless roar of machines at the construction site , there are busy workers of various types of work, and safety supervisors from various units conduct safety inspections on the construction site regularly and irregularly. The on-site construction of the Tongchuan Museum project is proceeding in an orderly manner. The breeze blows, and the flowing wind-driven curtain wall flows slowly in the air like water ripples. This eye-catching building will officially open on May 18 with a brand-new attitude and make a wonderful appearance, becoming a new landmark building in our city and playing a positive role in the prosperous tourism market.
Tongchuan Museum is located to the west of Changqing South Road and north of Chaoyang Road in Tongchuan New District. Construction started in July 2000, covering an area of ??90 acres and a construction area of ??31,000 square meters. It is one of Tongchuan’s key projects to improve the overall tourism service function. Since the project started construction, provincial and municipal leaders have attached great importance to it. Especially after the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, city leaders visited the site many times to coordinate and solve problems on site in a timely manner, providing support and assistance for the project to resume work and production in a timely manner. Huang Chi, deputy manager of the project department, told reporters: "The Tongchuan Museum project resumed work on February 17. As of now, there are more than 500 workers on site, and 90% of the outdoor paving, greening, and exterior wall decoration projects have been basically completed. It is planned to resume work on April 30 Complete all outdoor works.”
The Tongchuan Museum is divided into four parts: the main exhibition hall, the folk museum, the cultural relics protection and restoration center, and the cultural expo garden. It is a comprehensive museum that comprehensively reflects the history of Tongchuan. As a comprehensive museum that comprehensively displays local history and culture, Tongchuan Museum adopts the method of general history plus special exhibitions: "Splendid Tongchuan" shows Tongchuan's beautiful mountains and rivers and rich natural resources; "The Birth of Man" shows Tongchuan's prehistoric civilization; "Jifuxian County" and "Weibei Town" reflect the long ancient history of Tongchuan, that is, the history and culture from Xia and Shang to the Qing Dynasty; "Red Cradle" shows the modern revolutionary history of Tongchuan; "Memory of Coal City" shows the history of the Chinese people *The key construction projects in Tongchuan City during the First Five-Year Plan period since the founding of the People's Republic of China are the industrial heritage represented by Wangshi'ao Coal Mine and Yaoxian Cement Factory. The special exhibition showcases the sculpture art of Tongchuan throughout the ages. In addition, there are temporary exhibitions and folk art exhibitions to complement the themed exhibitions.
The museum displays more than 1,500 exhibits, including natural resources, precious historical relics, revolutionary relics, industrial heritage and intangible folk customs. Tong Lulin, director of the Tongchuan Museum, told reporters.
And the design of Tongchuan Museum is also a highlight. Novel design and modern style
After the Tongchuan Museum is completed, it will not only further improve the city's urban functions, strengthen the construction of public cultural service facilities, form an important cultural symbol of the city, and serve as a place for the public to learn historical and cultural knowledge, The main educational position to receive patriotic education and civilization. At the same time, it can also promote the development of the cultural tourism industry, even promote the social progress and economic development of Tongchuan, promote the transformation and development of resource-based cities, and contribute to the goal of building a transformed Tongchuan, a beautiful Tongchuan, a healthy Tongchuan, and a wealthy Tongchuan.